mysqli - Do I really need to do $result->close(); & $mysqli->close();?

Question

Just started using mysqli. If I\'m working with small data sets on small websites (traffic-wise), do I really need to use these all the time?

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Answer 1

It is a good practice to release resource early when it is no more needed, this may avoid resource peek out when there are more number of concurrent user accessing the same page